Chapter 70: Come and Snatch the Bride (13)-1
“Don’t overthink it, what if it’s not what you think?” Jiang Zhiyan whispered, holding Xie Liaoyi tighter in her arms. “I’ll go check on her later.”
Xie Liaoyi: ?
Xie Liaoyi raised her hand and punched Jiang Zhiyan’s arm twice: “Are you crazy?”
“She’s not a child, and she’s the same person as you,” Jiang Zhiyan held Xie Liaoyi’s wrist.
“It’s still embarrassing,” Xie Liaoyi said in a low voice.
Jiang Zhiyan’s gentle kisses landed behind her ear: “Aren’t you always embarrassed when we do this?”
“It’s fine, she’s even more embarrassed than you, she won’t say anything, just now she only told us to keep it down.”
“Jiang Zhiyan, you…” Xie Liaoyi couldn’t find the right words to describe Jiang Zhiyan for a moment.
“What?” Jiang Zhiyan stopped moving, waiting for Xie Liaoyi’s answer.
Xie Liaoyi, caught in an awkward position, glared at her.
“Okay, sorry, I’ll stop.” Jiang Zhiyan paused. “Do you want to take a shower before going to sleep?”
“Jiang Zhiyan!” Xie Liaoyi bit Jiang Zhiyan’s chin. “You’re really something else.”
“Hiss… You bit me there, how am I supposed to face people?” Jiang Zhiyan covered her chin.
“It’s fine, you’re thick-skinned, you’re not afraid.” Xie Liaoyi snorted softly and nudged Jiang Zhiyan’s leg. “Hurry up.”
“You asked for it, not me, so you can’t blame me later.” Jiang Zhiyan paused. “She shouldn’t directly separate from the female lead’s consciousness, right? It would be troublesome if she did… Forget it, we’ll cross that bridge when we come to it.”
Jiang Ciqiu, who had finally managed to rest for a while on the sofa, opened her eyes.
She suspected these two were doing it on purpose.
It was a good thing she didn’t have classes tomorrow, otherwise, she would have barged into the room and made all three of them suffer.
The next morning, the three sat at the dining table, all somewhat silent.
Jiang Ciqiu stared at the mark on Jiang Zhiyan’s chin, smiled, and gave Xie Liaoyi a thumbs-up: “Well done.”
“If anyone at school asks who did it, I’ll say it was you,” Jiang Zhiyan looked up at Jiang Ciqiu.
Jiang Ciqiu’s eyes widened slightly, looking at Jiang Zhiyan: “You’re really something else.”
“Mm-hmm,” Jiang Zhiyan smiled.
Jiang Ciqiu then looked at Xie Liaoyi: “You can tolerate this?”
“You’re taking the blame, so it’s fine,” Xie Liaoyi smiled.
Jiang Ciqiu: …
This was unbearable.
“People can be so cruel, even to themselves,” Jiang Ciqiu said, taking a bite of a youtiao angrily.
Jiang Zhiyan’s skin was too delicate; even though Xie Liaoyi hadn’t used much force, the mark on her chin remained for several days.
At lunch, when Jiang Zhiyan and Jiang Ciqiu were eating together, Jiang Ciqiu’s friends asked about the mark.
Jiang Ciqiu nervously stared at her bowl; she felt like her reputation was about to be ruined.
“My girlfriend has strong teeth,” Jiang Zhiyan said.
Jiang Ciqiu: ???
“Girlfriend?” Her friend looked at Jiang Zhiyan in shock.
“Yes, girlfriend,” Jiang Zhiyan nodded.
Her friend blinked, lowered her head to eat, and didn’t ask any more questions, but she was clearly very shocked.
After all, in their eyes, Jiang Zhiyan had always been a green tea schemer trying to seduce her sister’s fiancé, even though she always called Liang Yan “brother”… They looked up at Jiang Zhiyan again, their minds short-circuiting.
When they left, their steps were a bit unsteady.
“Then why does she always target you?” Her friend looked at Jiang Ciqiu and lowered her voice.
“She said she has a histrionic personality,” Jiang Ciqiu thought for a few seconds and also lowered her voice. “But I think she might have a crush on me, trying to get my attention. A few days ago, at home, she supported me in breaking off the engagement, drawing fire away from me.”
“Huh?” Her friend stopped and looked at Jiang Ciqiu. “Damn… then what about her girlfriend?”
“Her girlfriend looks a lot like me,” Jiang Ciqiu said, looking at her friend’s shocked expression and lowering her voice. “Keep it a secret, don’t tell anyone.”
“Don’t worry, don’t worry,” her friend immediately nodded. “I didn’t tell anyone about Jiang Zhiyan’s parkour either.”
“Mm,” Jiang Ciqiu nodded.
Making up stories was so much fun.
“Suddenly I think, she might actually have a crush on you,” her friend said, touching her chin. “She gets angry when you don’t spend time with her, she gets angry when you’re cold to her, you have a fiancé, so she goes and seduces him, then encourages you two to break off the engagement!”
“Your sister, really, I wouldn’t have guessed.” She sighed. “So what about you? What do you think?”
Jiang Ciqiu: …
Jiang Ciqiu wanted to say something, but ultimately decided against it.
The previous Jiang Zhiyan definitely only had malicious intent towards her. The current Jiang Zhiyan… this person said that she and Xie Liaoyi were the same person, but she always felt like Jiang Zhiyan treated them differently, after all, she had never kissed her.
“Mm, I definitely don’t have any expectations,” Jiang Ciqiu muttered.
“What did you say?” her friend asked.
“Nothing,” Jiang Ciqiu shook her head. “I didn’t say anything, and I’m not thinking anything.”
“You remind me of an idiom.”
Jiang Ciqiu looked over.
“Trying to hide something only makes it more obvious.”
“You’re overthinking it.” Jiang Ciqiu put her hands in her pockets and walked forward quickly. “I didn’t say anything.”
“Jiang Ciqiu! Watch where you’re going!”
Jiang Ciqiu looked back, then twisted her ankle and fell.
Several people stopped in front of her. Jiang Ciqiu looked up and saw an elderly man, over fifty, looking at her with shock.
Jiang Ciqiu suddenly realized that this was probably what Jiang Zhiyan meant by “they’ll come find you.”
But…
Why in this situation?
What followed were the most dramatic few hours of Jiang Ciqiu’s life.
The man helped her up, then burst into tears, saying she looked a lot like his deceased wife, spent half an hour reminiscing about his deceased wife on the spot, and then insisted on taking her for a paternity test.
Jiang Ciqiu very opportunely mentioned that she had an older sister who looked exactly like her, and so Xie Liaoyi, who was resting at home, was also brought along.
In the car, the man started reminiscing about his deceased wife again, and Xie Liaoyi very opportunely talked about her childhood as an orphan, shedding tears of sadness.
Jiang Ciqiu: So Old Xie was just as good at acting as Old Jiang.
The entire car was filled with an extremely sad atmosphere, even the driver was wiping away tears.
Jiang Ciqiu had been worried that the man would ask about their ages, but fortunately, he didn’t ask anything. She was really curious about how this bug would be fixed, even if he didn’t ask, the bug still existed.
After arriving at the paternity testing center, Xie Liaoyi called Jiang Zhiyan. The man didn’t show any surprise upon hearing that Xie Liaoyi had a girlfriend, he was the calmest person so far upon learning about their relationship.
After the test, the two were sent home. Jiang Zhiyan was waiting for them at the entrance of the complex.
“I thought he would take you away,” Jiang Zhiyan said, looking at the car behind them. She could feel someone watching them from inside.
“I said I had school tomorrow,” Jiang Ciqiu said.
“I said I had work tomorrow, mm, and I have to accompany my girlfriend, she’s young, she might cry if I don’t go back.” Xie Liaoyi held Jiang Zhiyan’s hand.
Jiang Zhiyan kissed Xie Liaoyi’s cheek. Jiang Ciqiu subconsciously wanted to touch her own cheek, but stopped herself.
“I wonder what the results will be,” Jiang Ciqiu said, pretending to be nonchalant.
“There won’t be any problems… The Jiang family has already received news that you were taken by the Rong family, they called me several times, but I didn’t answer,” Jiang Zhiyan looked at Jiang Ciqiu.
Jiang Ciqiu, looking at their intertwined hands, walked to the other side of Jiang Zhiyan and calmly held her hand: “This looks more harmonious.”
“Tsk.” Jiang Zhiyan looked up at the sky. “So what is the Jiang family going to say?”
“Let my biological father handle it, I’ve already told him what happened recently,” Jiang Ciqiu said, then sighed. “But unfortunately, my acting skills aren’t as good as yours, but he just found his daughter, he seemed very excited and didn’t really pay attention to my acting.”
“It’s okay, you’ll improve.”
“I was being sarcastic,” Jiang Ciqiu said.
“I could tell, but you’re still young, so we’re more tolerant.” Xie Liaoyi leaned over and looked at her.
Jiang Ciqiu gritted her teeth: “Truly a match made in heaven.”
“Are you praising yourself or insulting yourself?” Jiang Zhiyan asked curiously.
“It depends on how you interpret it,” Jiang Ciqiu snorted softly.
Jiang Zhiyan and Xie Liaoyi couldn’t help but laugh.
“You two should go to bed early tonight,” Jiang Ciqiu said.
“Why? We’re not disturbing you even if we’re in the room,” Jiang Zhiyan looked over.
Jiang Ciqiu tried to make her expression look normal: “Because there might be a lot of things to do tomorrow, get more sleep to conserve energy.”
“Really? I’m full of energy even if I don’t sleep all night,” Jiang Zhiyan said.
Xie Liaoyi pinched Jiang Zhiyan’s arm: “But I’m not, we’re sleeping properly tonight.”
“Ganging up on me…” Jiang Zhiyan muttered.
“Who can bully you?” Jiang Ciqiu said, exasperated.
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